/*
 *
 * Copyright 2013-2018 Florian Schmaus
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */
package org.jivesoftware.smack.util.stringencoder;

/**
 * An interface for String encoder.
 *
 * @author Florian Schmaus
 */
public interface StringEncoder<O> {
    /**
     * Encodes an object to another representation.
     *
     * @param object the object to encode.
     * @return the encoded String
     */
    String encode(O object);

    /**
     * Decodes a string back to it's initial representation.
     *
     * @param string the string to decode.
     * @return the decoded object
     */
    O decode(String string);
}
